Not much going on around here (Cafe and here at home) this afternoon. Had a very bad sinus headache this morning, so went back to bed. Still have a little bit of a headache, but it's not pounding like it was this morning. That, along with a chest cold, does not make for a good day.
Our Sunday Dinner menu:
Meat loaf w/green beans, mashed taters, gravy, tossed salad and cornbread.
Dessert: Chocolate cake w/vanilla ice cream (or whatever flavor you like, in the freezer)
Have a good afternoon, and everyone take care.
Methinks Randy has to have a place to store his toys. Congrats Randy. (roots!)
I get to go spread fertilizer out in the yard instead of in here...and go sweep the boyz minefield....There is beginning to be a just hint of green around here. May actually get to cut the grass before May.
Randy - congrats on new house! Now you will know what you are doing the rest of your life - making house payments?
I finally had to call our landlord on our "quiet" neighbors. One of them has a friend that visits occasionally and thinks the "music' needs to be louder than normal. It only happens when he visits and long story short - there was no reasoning, so phone call was made. Instant quiet! Ahhh....
Wanted to watch Cops last nite, but ended up watching the final inning of a 7 hour baseball game. Only took them 20 innings to completely wipe out an evening's worth of entertainment. Wasn't that good of a game, either!
Nice day coming. Haven't heard any trains calling, so will have to go investigate.....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
morning
cw thanks for breakfast.We had a great time and matt's carnival last night.Going to see maybe if the reds can win 1 game in the steel city today.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Good Sunday morning, everyone. The fireworks did go off last night, albeit after a delay in the countdown. Aparently, one of the barges' computer system had a malfunction. But they got everything in sync, and no more glitches. Ended up being a pretty good show, as usual. The three of us watched it on the TV here at home.
Randy, hope you enjoyed the pizza and took some home with you.
Not sure what the current temp is this morning, but it's very cool, when I stepped out on the porch and went down the steps to retreive the paper. And I know it's supposed to be a pretty cool day again.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are freshly made and ready to go, including hot water for our hot tea drinkers.
On the serving station this morning: bagels, bear claws and an assortment of doughnuts, rolls, danish.
Everyone enjoy your morning: people going to Church, work, or just out and about.
Wow, I know it was a nice day, if a tad cool, didn't get over 60 on the way up to Hebron, IN. Tomorrow morning should be a quick 2.5 hours to the house, even with a bit of a walk from the truck lot to the apartment.
Well, I'll take some of the Canadian bacon for dinner, see everyone later....
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
Tom, if you or anyone else would like to take a peak at it, just go to: wave3.com, and you might be able to see some of it. I know right now, they're telecasting the Air Show. (Walt is in the living room watching it, and I'm here at the puter, turning around in the puter chair to catch glimpses of it!)
Here's our Saturday Night Pizza Fest Menu (and hopefully enough of you will come in to make my efforts worth while!):
1. Canadian bacon
2. Cheese w/extra cheese
3. Goetta
4. Hawaiian
5. Pepperoni/mushroom
6. Pepperoni/sausage/onion
7. Italian
8. Supreme
Everyone enjoy your pizzas, and have a good afternoon/evening. And stay warm, if your temps are cooling off like ours are (supposed to get down into the 40s tonight/in the morning). Take care, you all!
Good Morning. 65* and sunny in Carolina. Looks to be another wonderful day. Thanks for all the get well wishes. I think I am on the improve. There is a ways to go yet, tho.
Yall in Louisville enjoy the air show, and everyone take care.
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)
A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
High in the 50's today with Nw winds.Cw thanks for breakfast.Ray thanks for the pictures.Matt thought it was funny.Matt has his school carnival tonight.Right now he is helping mom.Tom hope you feel better soon.Time for me to go help mom too.
joe
Good Saturday morning, everyone. 52 degrees, sunny skies, going for a high around 63, maybe get to 65 this afternoon. On the news this morning, already seeing people setting up their spots for the Air Show and Fireworks. The Air show starts at 3 p.m, and goes to about 9:30, when the Fireworks show starts. Saw the people in coats, jackets and blankets this morning!
Tom, hope you start feeling better today!
The coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. On the serving station this morning: turkey bacon, pork sausage links & patties, scrambled eggs, country fried steak and pork chops, buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, grits, oatmeal, toast, pancakes, waffles, jams, jellies, maple syrup. There's a wide variety for you all this morning. And for Mookie, bagels, and for Larry, bear claws.
We did manage to get some rain last night. Around 6:30, it was absolutely pouring, coming from the north. Walt had to go upstairs and shut the window at the top of the stairs, and the window in our bedroom. Forunately, he had already brought the American Flag in, as it was blowing all over. Didn't want it get tattered!
You all enjoy your breakfast, have a good day, and take care.
We can use some of that rain yall are getting. The state has issued a burning notice stating that conditions are getting dangerous when burning things. The next thing will be a red flag alert which bans burning. Permits are always required nowadays to burn anything.
Have not had a great day, and am thinking of lying back down.
Speaking of magnolia trees, did you know a seed will not germinate till it's been through a bird? My mother planted several of the things when I was young, and we now have a number of them.
Everyone take care
Hello, down there......
About 75 or so on top of the mountain in Pioneer, TN, not too bad out, have the windows and vents all open. Supposed to rain later, and get cooler, tomorrow should be in the 60s. Monday will be service day for me, and also to look into an overheating issue, can't run the A/C with a load if it's over 75-80, and the water temp shot past 200 pulling a hill with only 3500lb in the box, and I turned on the engine fan to cool it back down. Thinking either the radiator is plugged, or the water pump on the engine is starting to fail. At 695,000 miles, it's probably in need of one.
Should be by the house on Sunday, to sign a letter of intent to buy a house (needed before end of month to get that homebuyer's credit), and look over my new locomotives, three WC SD45s from Athearn, I now have both Operation Lifesaver units from Wisconsin Central.
A friend of mine who lives out in Spearfish, South Dakota sent me an email this morning, and in that email there were three pictures from a truck/train collision which involved the Canadian Pacific at Barrett, Minnesota, 12/14/07.
The lead locomotive in this CPR train slammed into a truck which had apparently tried to beat it to the crossing. And guess what the truck was carrying? 156,000 eggs!! Can you imagine how bad that would begin to smell in 90+ heat had this happened in the summer? I would have included the pictures with this post if I knew how to do that, but I will forward it to a number of people who normally read this thread.
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Howdy
Busy day today.we dodged sprinkles on our morning walk and came home to a phone message.A former neighbor asked if I could come down and mow again this year.Hmmm break my arm to mow a yard and watch trains go by on CSX.They have decided to stay after some legal stuff gets settled.I saw q 149 wait for q 110 .Then q 501 came by with a nice assorment of cars.Came back home again just in time to unload groceries and then mother nature gave us a shower.Cw thanks for supper.matt and I are going to fix some popcorn and watch some dvds.
Mookie Q - we have magnolia trees in Nebraska. Should never have happened. They are so beautiful when the bloom, which they did about 5 days ago. They lasted mmm- about 2 days. Spring means wind here, so they looked beautiful on the trees for such a short time and now decorate the lawns of everyone who has one.
Q - we have magnolia trees in Nebraska. Should never have happened. They are so beautiful when the bloom, which they did about 5 days ago. They lasted mmm- about 2 days. Spring means wind here, so they looked beautiful on the trees for such a short time and now decorate the lawns of everyone who has one.
.....Oh yes Jen....Today as we came back to the house and pulled up to the mail box, opened the truck window....and with some wind today, blossoms blew inside the truck. I too wish they would be longer lasting. Pretty and with fragrance, but they do vanish with any wind....
Thought we would get a hard rain mid day today as the wind really came up like a cold front passing thru with rain to follow, but it was just a very few drops. Now, still a bit windy, but sun is shining again....and cooler. To be cooler for a day or two.
We've been into almost Summer temps.
Quentin
Therapy went well this morning. They managed to get me in early, as my ride showed up over an hour early!! When I got there, I told them I didn't mind sitting there and wait until my appointed time. But they must have had someone not show up, because it wasn't long before they called me back.
Mookie, personally, I like your idea of opening a can or two of tuna and making some tuna salad, but I don't know about others around here! So, I've gotten the fish fried, and here is today's menu:
Fish: cod, perch salmon patties, jumbo butterfly shrimp, popcorn shrimp, clam cakes
Side Dishes: Cole slaw, corn on the cob, baked beans, tossed salad, macaroni & cheese, fries, hush puppies, fresh baked cornbread
Desserts: Chocolate cake w/white icing, Yellow cake w/chocolate icing, Yellow cake w/caramel icing, pecan pie, and the following cobblers: apple, cherry, blueberry and cherry; plus ice cream to go along with all the desserts.
The dog and I are the only ones home who are awake. Sarah and the two cats are sleeping, and Walt has ridden his bike to the library. He's read all his books, so needed to go stock up on reading material.
Mookie, I would love to have a laptop! That way, I could be on the puter the same time Walt is on the desktop, and neither of us would have to worry about getting done, so the other one could use the puter.
The sun is shining brightly, and the wind is blowing! Also hear the big jets going over the house. They must be taking some practice maneuvers, getting ready for tomorrow's air show. Anyone who wants to see the list of what we'll be seeing tomorrow, go to: www.courier-journal.com, and you'll see the schedule.
Everyone enjoy your afternoon, and take care. See you all later.
We should have plastic magnolias with scent bottles attached!
Raining this AM - hopefully it'll hold off for a few so I can walk down and check the mail. It's a bit cool for keeping the windows open at the moment, however.
Not much on the agenda today. Tomorrow will be a long day - drive 2 1/2 hours to Saranac Lake to refresh on the NORAC rules so I can keep 'workin' on the railroad.' Then drive 2 1/2 hours home...
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
My oft repeated morning report for sunshine....beautiful blue sky...and of course just perfect temps. Pleasant as one needs to have it. Minus the later to come, humidity and heat. Oh, such a beautiful time of the year...Still blessed with fragrant blossoms and everything green and renewing pretty various colors of flowers. Windows open with fresh air flowing in.....
Hope many of forum members have similar enjoyment this morning....
Completed visit with our Optometrist yesterday and will have new glasses in about 10 days....All things should be even more sharp and pretty soon.
Mookie, I got a new computer barely three weeks ago and I am still learning how to use it. I have yet to figure out how to mail attatchments such as pictures to people and a couple other things. I might have to place a call to Best Buy's Geek Squad.
I think the U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of putting a complete halt to Saturday mail delivery if they have not already done so. And it is just as well, most days if I get any thing in my mail box, it is junk. One of our railroad club members just retired and I should be teasing him about the innefinciancies of the U.S. Postal Service.
Ah'm taking the easy way out....will open a can of tuna for my fish fry. Life is hard; must take short cuts!
Got a laptop in the mail yesterday. Got it up and running, but now need to load favorites on it. I figure if I can cram a small fridge in here, we can spend our retirement up here and except for paper and mail, never go downstairs. Can stop the paper and put a large trash bin next to mail box. (put a flag on it and a lid. Make our mailman think it is a certified mailbox.
I am overthinking too much and it is Friday. Must rest!
Good morning, it's Friday. I have felt better, but I am tolerable. 55 and sunny in Carolina this morning, with sunshine forecast all day. It appears that another lovely day is in store. Everyone take care
Good Friday morning, everyone! We currently have 67 degrees and fair conditions right now. Later on, we'll get to about 77 degrees for a high, and then the showers/thundershowers will come in. Tomorrow, Thunder Saturday, we'll only see a high in the low to mid 70s. Going to make for a very chilly time "Down by the River Side".
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. And on the counter, is our regular assortment of doughnuts, and danish, along with a few bagels and bear claws. And on the serving station: bacon ,sausage, biscuits, gravy, and scrambled eggs.
I'm not sure what time I'll be back from Physical Therapy, so one of you may have to start our Friday Fish Fry for me.
You all have a great morning, and I'll see you sometime this afternoon. Take care!
grampaw pettibone They just busted a pretty young schoolteacher here for fooling with her students. This makes at least a half dozen such cases in the recent past. What's going on with the public schools? The schools are already war zones and now love nests.....
They just busted a pretty young schoolteacher here for fooling with her students. This makes at least a half dozen such cases in the recent past. What's going on with the public schools? The schools are already war zones and now love nests.....
Johnny
Modelcar tree68Mookie"]Heard on radio that Kate (+8) will do a centerfold. ....What's with these several perpetual celebrities......Is that their professon....Just keep on being "different" and getting on the front rag sheet of whatever....New hair do today, something else tomorrow, and now a "centerfold'....Guess someone else will have to figure it out... Another broken record: Sunny, beautiful blue sky, warm....blossoms....beautiful lawns....fragrance of Spring......Beautiful morning.
tree68Mookie"]Heard on radio that Kate (+8) will do a centerfold.
....What's with these several perpetual celebrities......Is that their professon....Just keep on being "different" and getting on the front rag sheet of whatever....New hair do today, something else tomorrow, and now a "centerfold'....Guess someone else will have to figure it out...
Another broken record: Sunny, beautiful blue sky, warm....blossoms....beautiful lawns....fragrance of Spring......Beautiful morning.
Nice weather here today; in the high forties this morning, partly cloudy, and up to seventy this afternoon.
Afternoon all.
What a wonderful day it has been! 83* here in Western Indiana. Should be a little rainy tomorrow.
Have a good evening all.
Justin
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grampaw pettiboneThe schools are already war zones and now love nests.....
The memorial service today was very well done. The high school gym where it was held was full with both firefighters and other friends and family. Firefighters from all over NY state were in attendance.
While we were there, my department was dispatched to a truck fire that spread to a field. There were reports that as much as 10 acres burned. Because so many people were at the memorial, manpower was a tad thin.
Not sure I need any supper - there was plenty of food to be had after the memorial service.
afternoon
well busy time this afternoon.had to calls to make and errands to run.Today is my older brothers birthday.He just has RJ corman to watch in Celina and they haven't been doing too much lately.Cw thanks for supper.time to get things around for work.Its friday for me tonight.
Thanks for the wishes, Paula, but it is no better and I actually feel worse. Think I will lie down and see if that helps.
This is much better: our regulars have been in this morning!
Tom, hope your headache is much better by now.
The menu for the rest of the day:
Sloppy joe sandwiches w/chips and tossed salad
Yes, it's a ver y beautiful day. We've got warm sunshine, and a slight breeze. Our high today is to get to about 85 degrees, same as our high yesterday.
The Clark Memorial Bridge (2nd St. Bridge) is now closed, so they can start preparing for the Fireworks show Saturday night. It'll be closed until early Sunday morning, sometime.
Everyone enjoy the afternoon, and I'll see you all later. Take care!
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